Peripheral User-Interface Device with Rotary Dial and Touch Sensor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computer mouse devices offer limited input functionality for navigating and interacting with display content on electronic displays, restricting user interaction to basic navigation and selection.
Innovation Solution
A peripheral user-interface device comprising a movable base, a rotary dial, and an electronic touch sensor, allowing for enhanced navigation and control through rotation and touch inputs, with an output interface to transmit data representing the rotary dial's rotation and touch coordinates, and optionally including orientation sensors for frame of reference transformation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional computer mouse is used, then the device structure remains simple, but the input functionality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple input mechanisms (rotary dial, electronic touch sensor, base movement) into a single peripheral device, allowing it to perform navigation, selection, scrolling, and gesture recognition functions that would otherwise require multiple separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The peripheral device is designed to perform multiple functions including basic mouse navigation, rotary dial operations, touch sensor interactions, and gesture recognition, making it a universal input device that can handle various input tasks across different application scenarios
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional input mechanisms are added to enhance functionality, then the input versatility improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into distinct functional components (base, rotary dial, electronic touch sensor) that can be independently designed, manufactured, and maintained, allowing each component to contribute specific functionality while keeping the overall system manageable
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AI summary
A peripheral user-interface device for navigation of display content on an electronic display of a computer system. It comprises a base movable relative to the electronic display, a rotary dial arranged on the base and rotatable relative to the base, and an electronic touch sensor coupled mechanically to the base.